Once upon a time, Chris Tyler <chris@xxxxxxxxxxx> said: > Horst von Brand wrote: > > But ifconfig(8) is not for luser consumption, and so are lots of > > others. > > I have troubles comprehending that statement. What tool would you > recommend if a unprivileged user wanted to know the IP address of the > system? 'cat /sys/class/net/eth0/address' ? > > Or is it useful for an unprivileged user to know the WCHAN of running > processes (/bin/ps), the current keymappings (/bin/dumpkeys), and the > date and time that the kernel was compiled (/bin/uname -a), but not the > IP address? To me, this is justification for moving ifconfig to /bin, fuser to /usr/bin, etc. If something has use to non-superusers, it should not be in /sbin, /usr/sbin, etc. -- Chris Adams <cmadams@xxxxxxxxxx> Systems and Network Administrator - HiWAAY Internet Services I don't speak for anybody but myself - that's enough trouble. -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
